Highlighting Agriculture

Alpaca lovers and people curious about alpacas had a treat at Moonlight Rose Alpacas Farm the last week of August. They got to see a brown two-day-old female alpaca baby, or cria, named Sweet Caroline and a one-month-old rose gray cria, Fitzgerald, both bred at the farm in time for David Rose’s Alpaca 101, a seminar devoted to all aspects of raising alpacas. Topics included raising alpacas, their lifespan, care, feeding, birthing, breeding, showing and using their fiber for clothing. [Read more…]

SYRACUSE, NY — When one attends the Great New York State Fair, it’s almost impossible to escape the vibrant fragrancy of grilling meat. Nowhere is it more poignant than at Chevy Court for the annual NYS Beef Council’s Beef Day festivities paying homage to New York’s #1 protein source, local beef farmers, chefs, agri-business and consumers. [Read more…]

“All agricultural production is affected by climate and weather — even greenhouses which can control some aspects, but not all,” said Dr. Elizabeth Lamb, NYS Integrated Pest Management Program. [Read more…]

The Cayuga County 4-H Youth Fair & Open Beef Cattle Show took place on Friday, July 29, at the 4H Youth Fair and Remember the Big 6 events, which were held at the Ward O’Hara Agricultural Museum & Dr. Joseph Karpinski Educational Center on Route 38A, Auburn. The exhibitors received awards as follows: [Read more…]

The Massachusetts Fruit Growers Association held its annual summer meeting and farm tour at the University of Massachusetts Cold Springs Orchard in Belchertown, MA. Around 80 fruit growers and Extension personnel from Massachusetts and Rhode Island attended to learn about current research in grapes, brambles, stone fruit and pome fruit. [Read more…]

The four major types of filth flies important to livestock agriculture are the house, face, stable and horn flies. Because they are found in environments with manure or manure residues, livestock operations are preferred environments for filth flies. But each type of fly has specific environments conducive to supporting their life cycles, and control must be targeted to each species. [Read more…]

Matters relating to agritourism and its multiple issues were the topic of a conference held late August at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, CT.

Dr. Bruce Sherman, Director of the Bureau of Regulation and Inspection organized the meeting in response to an outbreak that occurred in March on a Lebanon, CT goat farm where 50 visitors became ill after visiting the facility. [Read more…]

STANFIELD, NC – Windell Talley grew up in the area east of Charlotte, NC that in the early part of the 20th century was cotton country. With the boll weevil wiping out most cotton production in Stanly County by the time he came home in the 1960’s after graduating from NC State, Talley had to choose a different path. [Read more…]

by Katie Navarra The owners of Land View Farm, LLC in Eagle Bridge, NY, have made strategic business throughout its 61-year history. With careful planning, the growth has been controlled and deliberate allowing the farm to thrive. Today, the farm owns 1,225 Holsteins and maintains 2,100 acres of field crops. The early years In 1952, […]